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Colombian singer Shakira poses for the media during a presentation of her last album.

European Pressphoto Agency

Pop star Shakira, whose “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” was the most popular song of the 2010 World Cup, will perform at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro before the final of this year’s tournament, FIFA said.

The Colombian will sing something called “La La La (Brazil 2014)” with Carlinhos Brown. In booking an appearance at the Maracana on July 13, Shakira has outdone her boyfriend Gerard Pique, the Spanish defender whose World Cup was over within a week after losses to the Netherlands and Chile. Read More »

Chilean fans are arrested by military police after invading the press room of the Maracana stadium.

Zuma Press

Although soccer’s world governing body believes that Wednesday’s invasion of the Maracana stadium’s media center by more than 80 Chilean fans was an isolated incident, it remains a black eye for this World Cup, FIFA head of security Ralf Mutschke said on Thursday morning.

“It is embarrassing. We have to protect the journalists and we have to protect the media,” he added. “We also have to protect the fans.” Read More »

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